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Canada to require three-day quarantine for returning travelers, suspends flights south
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP
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TORONTO (AP) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico and all Caribbean destinations until April 30.
Trudeau said in addition to the pre-boarding test Canada already requires, the government will be introducing mandatory PCR testing at the airport for people returning to Canada.
Canada to quarantine travelers in hotels, suspend flights south
The move to require a hotel stay upon return is meant to discourage vacations as people would not want to quarantine at a hotel at their own expense upon return. Author: ROB GILLIES (Associated Press) Published: 9:52 AM CST January 29, 2021 Updated: 11:45 AM CST January 29, 2021
TORONTO, ON Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico and all Caribbean destinations until April 30.
Canada to quarantine travelers in hotels, suspend flights south
The move to require a hotel stay upon return is meant to discourage vacations as people would not want to quarantine at a hotel at their own expense upon return. Author: ROB GILLIES (Associated Press) Published: 10:52 AM EST January 29, 2021 Updated: 12:45 PM EST January 29, 2021
TORONTO, ON Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced stricter restrictions on travelers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus including making it mandatory for travelers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico and all Caribbean destinations until April 30.
A top science adviser says Ontario is far from in the clear despite a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, while some provinces criticized Ottawa for lower-than-expected vaccine shipments and the pandemic was flagged as an outsized contributor to Quebec s death count last year.
Canada s most populous province reported 2,093 new infections Thursday and 56 more deaths linked to the novel coronavirus. Cases have fallen since Ontario issued a stay-at-home order two weeks ago.
Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, who co-chairs Ontario s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, said new infections are on track to decrease to between 1,000 and 2,000 a day by the end of February. There were several days earlier this month when they topped 3,000.